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In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle.

s. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. Addison.

The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak.

A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.

A female hermit. Coleridge.

Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry.

A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.

A disciple of Hermogenes, and heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He ha

A heron; esp., the common European heron. "A stately hern." Trench.

A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.

A corner. [Obs.] Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer.

, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been pro…

Of, or connected with, hernia.

A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.

Heronshaw. [Obs.] Spenser.

trious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine, a.

A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.